14-letter words containing l, u, g, r, i
- dihedral group — the group of reflections, rotations, and symmetries of a regular n -sided polygon.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
- disgruntlement — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.
- disregardfully — In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
- divine liturgy — liturgy (def 5).
- double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
- downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
- drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
- drilling fluid — a fluid used in the process of drilling bore holes and oil wells, for instance drilling mud, water, and compressed air amongst others
- drummond light — calcium light.
- drunk dialling — the practice of making a phone call while drunk, esp to someone about whom one has romantic notions
- dunning letter — a letter pressing someone for payment
- engine failure — failure to operate by the engine of an aircraft, car, or other vehicle
- engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
- equiangularity — the state of being equiangular
- ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
- excruciatingly — In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great pain or anguish.
- fertility drug — a substance that enhances the ability to produce young.
- file signature — A magic number.
- finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
- first language — mother tongue
- flagelliferous — bearing a flagellum
- flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
- flying colours — conspicuous success; triumph
- flying gurnard — any marine fish of the family Dactylopteridae, especially Dactylopterus volitans, having greatly enlarged, colorful pectoral fins that enable it to glide short distances through the air.
- food colouring — substances used to impart colour to food
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
- fortunetelling — the act or practice of predicting the future.
- garlic crusher — a kitchen implement used to crush cloves of garlic
- garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- garlic sausage — sausage meat flavoured with garlic
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- general public — people in general
- glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- glamourization — Alternative form of glamorization.
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- glucocorticoid — any of a class of steroid hormones that are synthesized by the adrenal cortex of vertebrates and have anti-inflammatory activity.
- grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
- granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
- grapefruitlike — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
- guardian angel — an angel believed to protect a particular person, as from danger or error.
- gull-wing door — a car door that opens upwards
- hague tribunal — the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.
- hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
- honour killing — a murder committed by a male on a female relative considered to have brought dishonour to the family, usually through sexual activity forbidden by religion or tradition